The Worst of Times
Synopsis/Details:
Mary and her lawyer sit in jail, trial over, awaiting their fate. With the shadow and sound of the guillotine blade falling, she bemoans the unfairness of it all. My husband and I did nothing illegal. Well, you're a widow now. But it was the politicians' fault. Another shadow and another sound reveals their fate.
But why a revolution now? None of the people out there did anything before. I'm afraid your constant denial that anything was wrong didn't help.
So, as the two are escorted to meet their maker, we learn what really was, or is, the worst of times.
All Accolades & Coverage:
Selected by the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Political Film Festival to be performed at the festival by professional actors.
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The Writer: Daniel Broderick
California native. Born in Los Angeles after my parents moved there from Chicago, where my father wrote for television after WWII and college. Have lived in San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Palo Alto, Florence (Italy), Washington, D.C., New Haven (Connecticut), West Los Angeles, Germany, and Sacramento. Currently live in Pasadena, California. Stanford undergrad. Played basketball until hurt my sophomore year, Yale Law School. Non-lawyer jobs include assembling board games, gas station attendant, assembling yachts, picking up trash at the beach, washing dorm windows, maintenance at a golf course, painting the take off boards for the long jump and triple jump (jock job, where I was... Go to bio
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